11Dead,
Many Displaced In Fresh Jigawa Flood.
11peoplehave
been found dead and
many displayedin fresh jigawa flood engulfed Auyo and Jahun Local Government Areas of Jigawa State.
The State
Commissioner of Works, Aminu Muhammad, confirmed the incident to journalists on
Thursday.
He said the
state government has evacuated the flood victims to the Internally Displaced
Persons (IDP) Camps before it subsides.
Jigawa is
one of the states that the National Emergency Managment Agency (NEMA) had
warned of more flooding in the coming days.
This,
according to the agency, is because of the rising water levels in River Niger
and Benue.
Niger, Edo,
Jigawa, Anambra, and Bayelsa states were all hit by floods with about 70 deaths
reported, hundreds of homes submerged, and thousands displaced.
Recently, six persons were feared dead while several others
displaced by flood in Dabi village, Ringim Local Government Area of the state.
The flood
displaced the residents, forcing them out of their homes.
The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) had
also warned a steady rise in water levels and weather forecast for the coming
weeks, which has put Nigeria at risk of witnessing a recurrence of catastrophic
flooding similar to what it witnessed in 2012.
Following
the predictions, President Muhammadu Buhari delegated
authority to NEMA to declare a “national disaster’’ if the anticipated flooding
becomes a reality in parts of the country.
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